The Awareness Center closed. We operated from April 30, 1999 - April 30, 2014. This site is being provided for educational & historical purposes.
We were the international Jewish Coalition Against Sexual Abuse/Assault (JCASA); and were dedicated to ending sexual violence in Jewish communities globally. We did our best to operate as the make a wish foundation for Jewish survivors of sex crimes. In the past we offered a clearinghouse of information, resources, support and advocacy.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

The Awareness Center is in the process of updating our online "International Resource Guide For Survivors of Sexual Trauma".

The Awareness Center is in the process of updating our online, International Resource Guide For Jewish Survivors of Sexual Trauma (childhood sexual abuse, sexual assault, rape, marital rape, professional sexual misconduct, clergy sexual abuse, sexual harassment). We are looking for professionals who are educated and experienced working with survivors for possible inclusion on site.

If you are interested or know someone who fits our criteria for inclusion, please fill out the attached questionnaire or download the form from the link below and return it to us with your CV. The guide will include various care providers; educators; professional and survivor organizations; holistic health professionals; rabbi’s and outreach workers; legal and medical professionals that work with and/or have experience with JEWISH SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL TRAUMA (including adults adolescents and children). Please feel free to make copies of this form and share it others.

Filling out this form does NOT insure inclusion in our directory.

If you are a survivor and would like to recommend someone who has been helpful to you, contact Vicki Polin at vickipolin at aol.com for more directions. Click here to Download Questionnaire

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Survivors ARE Heroes!

The Awareness Center believes ALL survivors of sex crimes should be given yellow ribbons to wear proudly.

Survivors of sexual violence (as adults and/or as a child) are just as deserving of a yellow ribbon as the men and women of our armed forces, who have been held captive as hostages or prisoners of war.

Survivors of sexual violence have been forced to learn how to survive, being held captive not by foreigners, but mostly by their own family members, teachers, camp counselors, coaches babysitters, rabbis, cantors or other trusted authority figures.

For these reasons ALL survivors of sexual violence should be seen as heroes!